The Effectiveness of Kinesio Taping in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Effectiveness of Kinesio Taping and Conventional Physical Therapy in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis

Knee osteoarthritis is the most common kind of arthritis that occurs due to degeneration of the joint articular cartilage, producing pain, stiffness, and impaired movement. Kinesio taping is a simple and inexpensive therapeutic procedure that can help with knee osteoarthritis symptoms. Kinesio taping is a high-stretch elastic adhesive material that allows the treated area to have free mobility. This technique was preferred by physical therapists for knee osteoarthritis rehabilitation because of its positive effects, such as decreased pain and increased mobility and muscular performance.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: KINESIO TAPING; Device: CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL THERAPY

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 40
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Saudi Arabia
  • Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, 71491
    • University of Tabuk

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 40 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Complaining of knee pain but no serious knee injuries
• No Physical therapy treatment taken for the past 3 months
• Painful range of motion (ROM)
• Significant decrease in active and passive ROM.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Knee surgery within the last three months
• Neural, articular, or muscular conditions affecting lower limb function
• Systemic arthritic diseases

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: KINESIO TAPING AND CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL THERAPY; Application of Kinesio taping following Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Knee Exercises	Procedure: KINESIO TAPING; Kinesio taping The patient is in a supine position with full knee flexion. Prior to application, the skin surface was cleaned. This technique involved the use of two Y-cut strips and two I-cut strips.; Device: CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL THERAPY; Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation TENS device settings, such as the frequency of 32-50 Hz, pulse width of 80 ms, and symmetrical biphasic waveform. The surface electrodes were placed on the medial and lateral superior borders of the patella, as well as the medial and lateral inferior borders of the patella. Exercise therapy program The total duration of each exercise session was about 50 minutes, including warm-up-10 minutes, resistance exercise-20 minutes, balance and stability exercise-10 minutes, lower-limb stretching exercise-5 minutes, and cool-down exercise-5 minutes. The same assigned physical therapist supervised all of the sessions.
Experimental: CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL THERAPY; Application of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Knee Exercises	Device: CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL THERAPY; Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation TENS device settings, such as the frequency of 32-50 Hz, pulse width of 80 ms, and symmetrical biphasic waveform. The surface electrodes were placed on the medial and lateral superior borders of the patella, as well as the medial and lateral inferior borders of the patella. Exercise therapy program The total duration of each exercise session was about 50 minutes, including warm-up-10 minutes, resistance exercise-20 minutes, balance and stability exercise-10 minutes, lower-limb stretching exercise-5 minutes, and cool-down exercise-5 minutes. The same assigned physical therapist supervised all of the sessions.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
NUMERICAL PAIN RATING SCALE	The average pain intensity was measured during the past week, with zero representing no pain and ten representing the worst pain.	6 weeks
GONIOMETRIC MEASUREMENT OF KNEE RANGE OF MOTION	Both the knee flexion and extension ROM were measured while the subject was in a prone position. The measurement was done three times and the average result was obtained.	6 weeks
WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX (WOMAC)	The questionnaire was developed to measure treatment outcomes in patients with lower extremity osteoarthritis, such as pain, stiffness, and difficulty, and it employs a scale to categorize the difficulties in activities of daily living. For individuals with hip and knee osteoarthritis, the WOMAC scale is a valid and reliable outcome measurement.	6 weeks
TIMED UP AND GO (TUG) TEST	The test combines static and dynamic balance to assess a person's mobility. Getting out of a chair, walking three meters, turning around, and returning to the chair to sit. The international research OA society recommends a series of physical function measures (five performance-based) for individual with hip or knee OA, including the TUG test.24 The aforementioned outcome parameters are measured at three-time intervals: 0-week, 3-week, and 6-week.	6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Tabuk

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 17, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 28, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): January 22, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 20, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 8, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): December 9, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 9, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 8, 2021
• Last Verified: December 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Osteoarthritis; TENS; Knee; Stretching; Kinesio taping; Strengthening exercise
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Rheumatic Diseases; Arthritis; Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis, Knee
• Other Study ID Numbers: S-1440-0070

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Yes
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: 3 MONTHS
• IPD Sharing Access Criteria: ON REQUEST
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: Study Protocol; Informed Consent Form (ICF)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No